do-me/EUR-LEX huggingface dataset:
Withdrawal of notification of a concentration (Case M.8492 — Quaker/Global Houghton) (Text with EEA relevance. )
Date: 2018-03-21
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: chemical industry, economic concentration, merger control, research and development








C_2018106EN.01000101.xml










21.3.2018   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 106/1





Withdrawal of notification of a concentration
(Case M.8492 — Quaker/Global Houghton)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2018/C 106/01)
Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004
On 2 February 2018, the Commission received notification of a proposed concentration between Quaker and Global Houghton. On 16 March 2018, the notifying party/ies informed the Commission that it/they withdrew its/their notification.
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case M.8697 — APMH Invest/Mitsui/Maersk Product Tankers) (Text with EEA relevance. )
Date: 2018-03-21
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: banking, economic concentration, holding company, investment company, logistics, maritime shipping, merger control








C_2018106EN.01000201.xml










21.3.2018   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 106/2





Non-opposition to a notified concentration
(Case M.8697 — APMH Invest/Mitsui/Maersk Product Tankers)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2018/C 106/03)
On 15 March 2018, the Commission decided not to oppose the above notified concentration and to declare it compatible with the internal market. This decision is based on Article 6(1)(b) of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (1). The full text of the decision is available only in English and will be made public after it is cleared of any business secrets it may contain. It will be available:






—


in the merger section of the Competition website of the Commission (http://ec.europa.eu/competition/mergers/cases/). This website provides various facilities to help locate individual merger decisions, including company, case number, date and sectoral indexes,










—


in electronic form on the EUR-Lex website (http://eur-lex.europa.eu/homepage.html?locale=en) under document number 32018M8697. EUR-Lex is the online access to European law.






(1)  OJ L 24, 29.1.2004, p. 1.
Prior notification of a concentration (Case M.8853 — AXA/CDC/Cible dans Toulon Grand Var) — Candidate case for simplified procedure (Text with EEA relevance. )
Date: 2018-03-21
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, insurance company, investment company, merger control, public institution, real property, services of general interest








C_2018106EN.01001401.xml










21.3.2018   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 106/14





Prior notification of a concentration
(Case M.8853 — AXA/CDC/Cible dans Toulon Grand Var)
Candidate case for simplified procedure
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2018/C 106/09)






1.


On 13 March 2018, the Commission received notification of a proposed concentration pursuant to Article 4 of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (1).
This notification concerns the following undertakings:






—


the AXA group (France),










—


Caisse des dépôts et consignations (‘CDC’, France),










—


the target asset (the ‘Target’, France).




AXA and CDC acquire within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation control of the whole of the Target.
The concentration is accomplished by way of purchase of assets.










2.


The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:
—   for AXA: global insurance group active in life and health insurance, other forms of insurance, and investment management;
—   for CDC: a public institution carrying out activities of general interest, consisting in particular of the management of private funds to which the government wishes to afford particular protection and activities open to competition in the environmental, real-estate, investment and capital investment, and services sectors;
—   for the Target: three joint property lots, consisting of two retail units in a shopping mall in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region.










3.


On preliminary examination, the Commission finds that the notified transaction could fall within the scope of the Merger Regulation. However, the final decision on this point is reserved.
Pursuant to the Commission Notice on a simplified procedure for treatment of certain concentrations under Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (2), it should be noted that this case is a candidate for treatment under the procedure set out in the Notice.










4.


The Commission invites interested third parties to submit their possible observations on the proposed operation to the Commission.
Observations must reach the Commission not later than 10 days following the date of this notification. The following reference should always be specified:
M.8853 — AXA/CDC/Cible dans Toulon Grand Var
Observations can be sent to the Commission by e-mail, by fax, or by post. Please use the contact details below:





Email: COMP-MERGER-REGISTRY@ec.europa.eu




Fax +32 22964301




Postal address:




European Commission




Directorate-General for Competition




Merger Registry




1049 Bruxelles/Brussel




BELGIQUE/BELGIË










(1)  OJ L 24, 29.1.2004, p. 1 (the ‘Merger Regulation’).

(2)  OJ C 366, 14.12.2013, p. 5.
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case M.8810 — Ardian/DRT) (Text with EEA relevance. )
Date: 2018-03-21
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, investment company, merger control, wood industry








C_2018106EN.01000102.xml










21.3.2018   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 106/1





Non-opposition to a notified concentration
(Case M.8810 — Ardian/DRT)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2018/C 106/02)
On 15 March 2018, the Commission decided not to oppose the above notified concentration and to declare it compatible with the internal market. This decision is based on Article 6(1)(b) of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (1). The full text of the decision is available only in French and will be made public after it is cleared of any business secrets it may contain. It will be available:






—


in the merger section of the Competition website of the Commission (http://ec.europa.eu/competition/mergers/cases/). This website provides various facilities to help locate individual merger decisions, including company, case number, date and sectoral indexes.










—


in electronic form on the EUR-Lex website (http://eur-lex.europa.eu/homepage.html?locale=en) under document number 32018M8810. EUR-Lex is the online access to European law.






(1)  OJ L 24, 29.1.2004, p. 1.
Decision of the General Court of 21 March 2018 on judicial vacations
Date: 2018-03-21
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: holiday, operation of the Institutions








C_2018161EN.01000401.xml










7.5.2018   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 161/4





DECISION OF THE GENERAL COURT
of 21 March 2018
on judicial vacations
(2018/C 161/03)
THE GENERAL COURT
Having regard to Article 41(2) of the Rules of Procedure,
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
Article 1
For the judicial year beginning on 1 September 2018, the dates of the judicial vacations within the meaning of Article 41(2) and (6) of the Rules of Procedure are as follows:






—


Christmas 2018: from Monday 17 December 2018 to Sunday 6 January 2019 inclusive,










—


Easter 2019: from Monday 15 April 2019 to Sunday 28 April 2019 inclusive,










—


Summer 2019: from Tuesday 16 July 2019 to Saturday 31 August 2019 inclusive.




Article 2
This Decision shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.

Done at Luxembourg, 21 March 2018.


Registrar

E. COULON



President

M. JAEGER
Case T-361/17: Order of the General Court of 21 March 2018 — Eco-Bat Technologies and Others v Commission (Action for annulment — Agreements, decisions and concerted practices — Market for car battery recycling — Decision correcting a decision finding an infringement of Article 101 TFEU and imposing fines — Period within which an action must be brought — Point from which time starts to run — Delay — Inadmissibility)
Date: 2018-03-21
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: France, cartel, equal treatment, right to justice, rights of the defence, sanction (EU), vehicle parts, waste recycling








C_2018182EN.01002202.xml










28.5.2018   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 182/22





Order of the General Court of 21 March 2018 — Eco-Bat Technologies and Others v Commission
(Case T-361/17) (1)

((Action for annulment - Agreements, decisions and concerted practices - Market for car battery recycling - Decision correcting a decision finding an infringement of Article 101 TFEU and imposing fines - Period within which an action must be brought - Point from which time starts to run - Delay - Inadmissibility))
(2018/C 182/26)
Language of the case: English

Parties


Applicants: Eco-Bat Technologies Ltd (Matlock, United Kingdom), Berzelius Metall GmbH (Braubach, Germany), Société de traitements chimiques des métaux (STCM) (Bazoches-les-Gallerandes, France) (represented by: M. Brealey QC, I. Vandenborre and S. Dionnet, lawyers)

Defendant: European Commission (represented by: F. van Schaik, G. Conte, I. Rogalski and J. Szczodrowski, acting as Agents)

Re:

Application based on Article 263 TFEU and seeking, first, annulment of Commission Decision C(2017) 900 final of 8 February 2017 relating to a proceeding under Article 101 TFEU (Case AT.40018 — Car battery recycling), as corrected by Commission Decision C(2017) 2223 final of 6 April 2017, and, second, a reduction of the amount of the fine imposed on the applicants.

Operative part of the order







1.


The action is dismissed as inadmissible.










2.


Eco-Bat Technologies Ltd, Berzelius Metall GmbH and Société de traitements chimiques des métaux (STCM) shall pay the costs.






(1)  OJ C 318, 25.9.2017.
Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2018/490 of 21 March 2018 repealing Decision 2007/365/EC on emergency measures to prevent the introduction into and the spread within the Community of Rhynchophorus ferrugineus (Olivier) (notified under document C(2018) 1607)
Date: 2018-03-21
Institutions: Directorate-General for Health and Food Safety, European Commission
Subjects: fight against insects, insect, parasitology, plant disease, plant health control, plant health treatment, protection of plant life, surveillance concerning imports, tree








L_2018081EN.01002201.xml










23.3.2018   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


L 81/22








            COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING DECISION (EU) 2018/490
of 21 March 2018
         
repealing Decision 2007/365/EC on emergency measures to prevent the introduction into and the spread within the Community of Rhynchophorus ferrugineus (Olivier)


(notified under document C(2018) 1607)




THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,

Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,


Having regard to Council Directive 2000/29/EC of 8 May 2000 on protective measures against the introduction into the Community of organisms harmful to plants or plant products and against their spread within the Community (1), and in particular the fourth sentence of Article 16(3) thereof,

Whereas:







(1)


Despite the measures set out by the Commission Decision 2007/365/EC (2) to prevent the introduction into and spread within the Union of Rhynchophorus ferrugineus (Olivier), it appears from the annual surveys carried out by the Member States pursuant to that Decision that the organism is now widespread throughout most parts of the endangered area.












(2)


As a result, it is not feasible to prevent its further introduction into and spread within most of the Union territory.












(3)


Decision 2007/365/EC should therefore be repealed.












(4)


This Decision should apply from the same date as Commission Implementing Directive (EU) 2018/484 (3) to ensure consistency with the provisions of that Directive.












(5)


The measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on Plants, Animals, Food and Feed,





HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:



Article 1
Decision 2007/365/EC is repealed.


Article 2
This Decision shall apply from 1 October 2018.


Article 3
This Decision is addressed to the Member States.




Done at Brussels, 21 March 2018.


For the Commission

Vytenis ANDRIUKAITIS
            

Member of the Commission






(1)  
            OJ L 169, 10.7.2000, p. 1.

(2)  Commission Decision 2007/365/EC of 25 May 2007 on emergency measures to prevent the introduction into and the spread within the Community of Rhynchophorus ferrugineus (Olivier) (OJ L 139, 31.5.2007, p. 24).

(3)  Commission Implementing Directive (EU) 2018/484 of 21 March 2018 amending Directive 93/49/EEC as regards requirements to be fulfilled by the propagating material of certain genera or species of Palmae in respect of Rhynchophorus ferrugineus (Olivier) (see p. 10 of this Official Journal).
Euro exchange rates
Date: 2018-03-21
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: euro, exchange rate, money








C_2018106EN.01000301.xml










21.3.2018   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 106/3





Euro exchange rates (1)

20 March 2018
(2018/C 106/04)

1 euro =











 


Currency


Exchange rate




USD


US dollar


1,2276 




JPY


Japanese yen


130,72 




DKK


Danish krone


7,4485 




GBP


Pound sterling


0,87715 




SEK


Swedish krona


10,0563 




CHF


Swiss franc


1,1721 




ISK


Iceland króna


122,50 




NOK


Norwegian krone


9,4863 




BGN


Bulgarian lev


1,9558 




CZK


Czech koruna


25,423 




HUF


Hungarian forint


311,13 




PLN


Polish zloty


4,2277 




RON


Romanian leu


4,6663 




TRY


Turkish lira


4,8238 




AUD


Australian dollar


1,5934 




CAD


Canadian dollar


1,6040 




HKD


Hong Kong dollar


9,6295 




NZD


New Zealand dollar


1,7039 




SGD


Singapore dollar


1,6174 




KRW


South Korean won


1 314,93 




ZAR


South African rand


14,6788 




CNY


Chinese yuan renminbi


7,7744 




HRK


Croatian kuna


7,4423 




IDR


Indonesian rupiah


16 893,01 




MYR


Malaysian ringgit


4,8091 




PHP


Philippine peso


63,926 




RUB


Russian rouble


70,8466 




THB


Thai baht


38,301 




BRL


Brazilian real


4,0410 




MXN


Mexican peso


23,0086 




INR


Indian rupee


80,0370 






(1)  Source: reference exchange rate published by the ECB.
Case C-533/16: Judgment of the Court (Second Chamber) of 21 March 2018 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Najvyšší súd Slovenskej republiky — Slovakia) — Volkswagen AG v Finančné riaditeľstvo Slovenskej republiky (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Common system of value added tax (VAT) — Directive 2006/112/EC — Articles 167 to 171 — Right to deduct VAT — Right to refunds of VAT for taxable persons not established in the Member State of refund — Article 178(a) — Rules governing the exercise of the right to deduct VAT — Directive 2008/9/EC — Detailed rules for the refund of VAT — Limitation period — Principle of fiscal neutrality — VAT charged and paid several years after delivery of the goods in question — Refusal to allow the exercise of the right to a refund due to the expiry of the time limit which should have started to run from the date of supply of the goods)
Date: 2018-03-21
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: VAT, delivery, establishment, limitation of legal proceedings, tax rebate, tax relief








C_2018166EN.01001101.xml










14.5.2018   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 166/11





Judgment of the Court (Second Chamber) of 21 March 2018 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Najvyšší súd Slovenskej republiky — Slovakia) — Volkswagen AG v Finančné riaditeľstvo Slovenskej republiky
(Case C-533/16) (1)

((Reference for a preliminary ruling - Common system of value added tax (VAT) - Directive 2006/112/EC - Articles 167 to 171 - Right to deduct VAT - Right to refunds of VAT for taxable persons not established in the Member State of refund - Article 178(a) - Rules governing the exercise of the right to deduct VAT - Directive 2008/9/EC - Detailed rules for the refund of VAT - Limitation period - Principle of fiscal neutrality - VAT charged and paid several years after delivery of the goods in question - Refusal to allow the exercise of the right to a refund due to the expiry of the time limit which should have started to run from the date of supply of the goods))
(2018/C 166/13)
Language of the case: Slovak

Referring court

Najvyšší súd Slovenskej republiky

Parties to the main proceedings


Applicant: Volkswagen AG

Defendant: Finančné riaditeľstvo Slovenskej republiky

Operative part of the judgment

EU law must be interpreted as precluding legislation of a Member State under which, in circumstances such as those at issue in the main proceedings in which the value added tax (VAT) was charged to the taxable person and paid by it several years after delivery of the goods in question, the benefit of the right to claim a refund of VAT is denied on the grounds that the limitation period provided for by that legislation for the exercise of that right began to run from the date of supply and expired before the application for a refund was submitted.


(1)  OJ C 22, 23.1.2017.
Notice concerning the entry into force of the Framework Agreement on Partnership and Cooperation between the European Union and its Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of the Philippines, of the other part
Date: 2018-03-21
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: Philippines, cooperation agreement (EU), cooperation policy, framework agreement








L_2018078EN.01000101.xml










21.3.2018   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


L 78/1







Notice concerning the entry into force of the Framework Agreement on Partnership and Cooperation between the European Union and its Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of the Philippines, of the other part

The Framework Agreement on Partnership and Cooperation between the European Union and its Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of the Philippines, of the other part (1) entered into force on 1 March 2018, the procedure provided for in Article 57(1) of the Framework Agreement having been completed on 26 February 2018.


(1)  
            OJ L 343, 22.12.2017, p. 3.
Special Report No 9/2018 — ‘Public Private Partnerships in the EU: Widespread shortcomings and limited benefits’
Date: 2018-03-21
Institutions: European Court of Auditors
Subjects: EU Member State, EU financing, co-financing, private sector, public authorities, public contract, public-private partnership








C_2018106EN.01000901.xml










21.3.2018   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 106/9





Special Report No 9/2018
‘Public Private Partnerships in the EU: Widespread shortcomings and limited benefits’
(2018/C 106/07)
The European Court of Auditors hereby informs you that Special Report No 9/2018 ‘Public Private Partnerships in the EU: Widespread shortcomings and limited benefits’ has just been published.
The report can be accessed for consultation or downloading on the European Court of Auditors' website: http://eca.europa.eu
Prior notification of a concentration (Case M.8788 — Apple Inc./Shazam Entertainment Limited) (Text with EEA relevance. )
Date: 2018-03-21
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, electronics industry, information technology industry, merger control, mobile phone, music








C_2018106EN.01001601.xml










21.3.2018   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 106/16





Prior notification of a concentration
(Case M.8788 — Apple Inc./Shazam Entertainment Limited)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2018/C 106/10)






1.


On 14 March 2018, the Commission received notification of a proposed concentration pursuant to Article 4 of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (1).
This notification concerns the following undertakings:






—


Apple Inc. (United States),










—


Shazam Entertainment Limited (United Kingdom).




Apple Inc. acquires within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation control of the whole of Shazam Entertainment Limited.
The concentration is accomplished by way of purchase of shares.
The concentration has been referred to the Commission by the Federal Competition Authority of Austria pursuant to Article 22(3) of the Merger Regulation. The referral was subsequently joined by the national competition authorities of France, Italy, Spain, Sweden, Iceland and Norway.










2.


The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:
—   for Apple Inc.: design, manufacture and marketing of mobile communication and media devices, personal computers and portable digital music players, and sale of variety of related software, services, peripherals, networking solutions and third-party digital content and applications,
—   for Shazam Entertainment Limited: development of the Shazam app, which as its core functionality allows users to recognise music.










3.


On preliminary examination, the Commission finds that the notified transaction could fall within the scope of the Merger Regulation. However, the final decision on this point is reserved.










4.


The Commission invites interested third parties to submit their possible observations on the proposed operation to the Commission.
Observations must reach the Commission not later than 10 days following the date of this publication. The following reference should always be specified:
M.8788 — Apple Inc./Shazam Entertainment Limited
Observations can be sent to the Commission by email, by fax, or by post. Please use the contact details below:





Email: COMP-MERGER-REGISTRY@ec.europa.eu




Fax +32 22964301




Postal address:




European Commission




Directorate-General for Competition




Merger Registry




1049 Bruxelles/Brussel




BELGIQUE/BELGIË










(1)  OJ L 24, 29.1.2004, p. 1 (the ‘Merger Regulation’).